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[–] _TheNardDog_@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agreed that they should definitely fuck off, but this will be pushed y the security services. A change of government won’t change the drive for this sort of bollocks.

“Oh but what about the criminals, terrorists and pedos?”

What about all the people that aren’t that who loose their privacy?

[–] Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Oh but what about the criminals, terrorists and pedos?”

What about the Windsors?

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Prince Andrew: "Think of the children!"

[–] _TheNardDog_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think I said them didn’t I, after terrorists?

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

The criminals, terrorists and pedos won't by affected. They will just switch to non weakened encryption.

It's always been about mass surveillance.